Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Oct 2021)

Training-professional profile of nurses teaching at the Technical Schools of the Unified Health System

  • Juliana Costa Ribeiro-Barbosa,
  • Gilberto Tadeu Reis da Silva,
  • Vânia Marli Schubert Backes,
  • Silvana Lima Vieira,
  • Manuel Carlos Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves,
  • Juliana Maciel Machado Paiva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1142
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 75, no. 2

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ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the training-professional profile of nursing professors in the vocational course in nursing at the Technical Schools of the Unified Health System. Methods: a quantitative descriptive research, carried out with 61 nurses who are professors of technical courses in nursing at five technical schools in three Brazilian regions. Data were collected through an online questionnaire and submitted to descriptive analysis. Results: only 36% of teaching nurses were licensed and 80% had a specialization in nursing or health. Although 95.1% of participants considered training for teaching necessary, 44.2% did not have qualifications for this job. The average length of work in care was 8 years, focusing on the hospital network. Conclusion: the need for professor training and investment in it is evidenced, as the training of essential workers for nursing care and consolidation of the Unified Health System is on the agenda.

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